On the cover of the latest edition of Newsweek, the American newsmagazine recently relaunched by Tina Brown, the theme of women is featured again, this time with a wide-ranging international survey of the countries where it is best to be born a woman: not just better to be a woman than a man, but better in absolute terms. In the top ten, there is no sign of Italy at all, and we can live with that.

On the cover of the latest edition of Newsweek, the American newsmagazine recently relaunched by Tina Brown, the theme of women is featured again, this time with a wide-ranging international survey of the countries where it is best to be born a woman: not just better to be a woman than a man, but better in absolute terms. In the top ten, there is no sign of Italy at all, and we can live with that.